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A cartoon. The cartoonist's view is their own.
A vast switchboard. One operator. Thirty-one lights, all blinking.
She pulls a plug. Light one goes dark. Caption: "Declined."
She pulls twenty-one more. Caption: "Declined, declined, declined."
One light still on. She stares at it. Caption, small: "Somebody said yes and now I have to actually do the interview."
The script
PANEL 1 | A vast switchboard. One operator. Thirty-one lights, all blinking.
PANEL 2 | She pulls a plug. Light one goes dark. Caption: "Declined."
PANEL 3 | She pulls twenty-one more. Caption: "Declined, declined, declined."
PANEL 4 | One light still on. She stares at it. Caption, small: "Somebody said yes and now I have to actually do the interview."
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